Advanced Sports Shooting; Af Illuminator - Sony DSC-HX1 Cyber-shot&reg Handbook

AF Illuminator

The AF Illuminator supplies fill light to focus more easily on a subject in dark surroundings.
The AF Illuminator emits red light allowing the camera to focus easily when the shutter button is
pressed halfway, until the focus is locked. The
1 Set the camera to shooting mode
2 MENU t
(Settings) t
desired mode t z on the control button
Auto
Off
Notes
• Focus is achieved as long as the AF Illuminator light reaches the subject, regardless of whether light fails
to reach the center of the subject.
• You cannot use the AF Illuminator when:
– Shooting with (Sweep Panorama)
– [Focus] is set to [Semi Manual] or [Manual Focus]
– [Conversion Lens] is set to [Tele]
–

(Advanced Sports Shooting),

selected in the Scene Selection mode
• When you use AF Illuminator, the normal AF range finder frame is disabled and a new AF range finder
frame is displayed by a dotted line. AF operates with priority on subjects located near the center of the
frame.
• The AF Illuminator emits very bright light. Although there is no health hazard, do not look directly into
the AF Illuminator emitter at close range.
indicator appears at this time.
(Shooting Settings) t [AF Illuminator] t
Uses the AF Illuminator.
Does not use AF Illuminator.
(Landscape) mode, (Twilight) mode or (Fireworks) mode is
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